And that phobia centers around balloons. It scares me to death when
they pop or just the threat of it. Now just seeing balloons does not
instantly make me terrified, but if they are being blown up and tied
off or are near something that could easily make them pop, that's when
I get really scared. Had a bad experience near Christmas at an
Applebee's where they were blowing up balloons on the helium tank and 3
of them popped with the last one being the loudest. I was so distressed
that I could no longer eat my food. One of my friend's had to ask them
to stop inflating them so I could calm down. Talk about being majorly
embarrassed :(